Jersey Boys Blog

Happy Holidays! Check out the amazing rendition of “Little Drummer Boy” by the Jersey Boys SF/Holiday Engagement cast!

More than 150 people joined realtor Joel Goodrich in his Nob Hill penthouse for the Jersey Boys send off. They had just performed at the Emmys in the live broadcast that wowed the crowd before they headed to Chicago! Representing Mayor Gavin Newsom’s office, Beth Schnitzer proclaimed it to be “Jersey Boys Day” as the [...]

Happy Belated Birthday to Jeremy Kushnier! Jeremy celebrated his birthday on September 30–which was also the final Curran Theatre performance for the SF/Chicago Jersey Boys Company! Before starring as Tommy DeVito in the SF/Chicago JB Company, Jeremy took Broadway by storm in his first leading role as Ren (the Kevin Bacon role) in Footloose in [...]

Theater Dogs blogger Chad Jones has posted a touching farewell to Jersey Boys at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco. Here’s a preview of what Jones has to say about the phenomenal hit musical that blew San Francisco audiences away since its opening last December: It’s closing weekend for Jersey Boys, the show the Bay [...]

News from BBBblogger: The Sacramento engagement of the JERSEY BOYS national tour ended over the weekend, having set box office records two consecutive weeks. The show began its engagement at the Gammage Auditorium in Tempe, Arizona on Thursday and will play through October 14. The San Francisco production is scheduled to end its 10-month engagement [...]

Kevin Prokosh on WhatsonWinnipeg.com has a great story on Winnipeg’s Jeremy Kushnier, who plays Tommy DeVito in the San Francisco/Chicago Company of Jersey Boys! This interview, done right before last week’s Emmy Awards, was an exciting time for the 31-year-old Miles Macdonnell Collegiate graduate. “This is going to be my first big TV experience,” says [...]

Dave Hoekstra of the Chicago Sun-Times states that in the hit musical Jersey Boys, the Four Seasons’ Bob Gaudio says the band’s 1960s pop was the soundtrack for factory workers, gas attendants and diner regulars. The reporter recently had the chance to chat with Jersey Boys’ cast member John Michael Coppola, who’s from Bloomfied and [...]

Discover what really goes on backstage before the curtain goes up on a performance of the Tony Award-winning hit musical, JERSEY BOYS at the Curran Theatre. Visit SHNSF.com to view this exciting movie!

Robert Lorezel from PioneerPress.com has a marvelous in-depth article about Michael Ingersoll and Jonathan Weir–two Chicago actors who will be returning to the Windy City as Jersey Boys’ cast members. A couple of years ago, Michael Ingersoll, an actor who had just moved to Chicago’s North Center neighborhood, sat down at a diner with stage [...]

You can also see video coverage of last night’s Emmy Awards appearance, in addition to every other Jersey Boys’ television appearance on the GILG website!

The San Francisco/Chicago Company of the Tony-winning Jersey Boys will pay tribute to “The Sopranos” on tonight’s Emmy Awards telecast! The Emmys will be broadcast live from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles TONIGHT (8:00-11:00 PM ET live/PT) tape-delayed) on FOX.

Michael Elkin of the Jewish Exponent profiles the amazing talents and career of Jarrod Spector, the San Francisco/Chicago Company’s Frankie Valli! According to Elkin, at his Bar Mitzvah, Spector learned to walk like a man. Now, at 26, he’s taken the next step: He’s singing it. Indeed, the specter of Spector commanding the stage is [...]

Steve Gorman of Reuters.com reports that the San Francisco/Chicago Company of the Tony-winning Jersey Boys will pay tribute to Tony Soprano and his crew of New Jersey TV gangsters in a musical performance planned for the upcoming Emmy Awards telecast, producers said on Wednesday “The Sopranos,” which concluded its celebrated six-season HBO run in June, [...]

Chicago Sun Times notes that as of yesterday, an additional performance (Oct. 5) and 12,000 new seats have been added to the Broadway in Chicago engagement of Jersey Boys. After a final look at the performance space, the show’s producers decided that the added seats did not have obstructed views and could be made available. [...]

Newsflash: BroadwayWorld.com reports that the San Francisco Company of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning hit musical Jersey Boys will perform on the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, September 16 at 8PM (7PM Central) on FOX!!

A couple of weeks ago, we posted JBB Fantastic Fan Mike Magbaleta’s recap of his family meeting JBB Fantastic Fan Irene Eizen and her family in San Francisco to see Jersey Boys! Here’s more fabulous photo coverage of Irene Eizen and her daughter and granddaughter Jennifer and Samantha Roberts at the stage door with the [...]

Check out the latest SHN Podcast (#30)! You’ll meet the actors who portray the original members of The Four Seasons: Jarrod Spector, Drew Gehling, Jeremy Kushnier and Michael Ingersoll. They talk about their characters and tell why they think the Tony Award-winning hit musical appeals to such a broad audience. Additionally, director Des McAnuff reveals [...]

We think it’s safe to say that no other show–on Broadway or a national tour–that has the dynamic fan base of Jersey Boys!! It’s our pleasure to present our 25th JBB Fantastic Fan Interview with Ariana and Lauren–two incredible fans that ADORE Jersey Boys! JBB: Tell us about yourselves. Ariana: My name is Ariana and [...]

Photos courtesy of Larry Baker at BroadwayWorld.com. We’re excited to present JBB Special Correspondent Lauren Avila’s recap of Monday evening’s “One Night Only” event starring the SF/Chicago Company of Jersey Boys! Monday night, August 20th was the Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation’s presentation of “One Night Only.” San Francisco’s Post Street Theatre played host to the National [...]